Transport, Mobility, Networks program
M1 Transport, Mobility, Networks
- UE/EEA/Switzerland: €4,859
- Non-UE/EEA/ Switzerland: €7,148
- Engineering student from IP Paris schools: €166
M2 Transport, Mobility (TM)
The transport sector is characterised both by its extreme diversity and its overlap with all other spheres of economic and social life, at all territorial scales. Its range covers both the movement of individuals (from walking to intercontinental air transport) and of merchandise (from parcel deliveries by urban couriers to crude oil tankers and container ships).
Objectives
To train specialists in the transport of people and goods, on the basis of a multidisciplinary approach (economics, management, engineering, political science, law, planning, environment) leading either to research projects (doctoral thesis in a research or corporate context) or to a career with research departments, transport and freight firms, government transport departments and network operators.
Openings
The job opportunities following a specialist degree in transport are very varied: research (in scientific bodies, universities, corporations), teaching at various levels, consultancy, transport operations (people or goods transport firms or logistics), planning and administration in government departments, international organisations or NGOs, etc.
- UE/EEA/Switzerland: €254
- Non-UE/EEA/ Switzerland: €4,317
- Engineering student from IP Paris schools: €166
M2 Transport and Sustainable Development (TRADD)
Transportation systems constitute one of the fundamental pillars of a model of sustainable societal development. Indeed they play a role in structuring human geography, have an impact on the global or local environment and stand at the heart of the development of economic and social systems.
Planning and development, urban segregation, security problems, congestion, local atmospheric pollution, the greenhouse effect, the explosion in demand for mobility, are all challenges that 21st-century engineers face. In response, since 2004, École nationale des ponts et chaussées and École Polytechnique have proposed the national Masters degree in “Transport and Sustainable Development”.
Objectives
To train future global executives responsible for the planning and design of vehicles, transportation systems and mobility services in the issues of sustainable development, the Masters mobilizes a wide range of specialist spheres (engineering, economics, planning) and specific tools (modelling, institution analysis, management) for:
- a good understanding and model of the real determinants of transportation demand (freight and passenger);
- determining the appropriate domains of the different transportation modes or modal combinations;
- identifying, structuring and implementing technological, organizational and behavioral solutions to provide credible operational responses to the challenges of sustainable transportation;
- managing cross-cultural factors;
- supporting private and public actors in the development of a range of innovative and relevant mobility services.
Benefits
- A program that combines engineering, social sciences, and management, to provide appropriate solutions for complex problems;
- A highly international framework that offers the opportunity both to develop skills in intercultural management and to work on the priorities and solutions of sustainable transportation in context;
- A strong link with the working world, a 6-month internship within a French company or institution;
- A pedagogical approach founded in frontline innovative research into sustainable cities, energy, materials, environmental economics, sustainable management…;
- A degree taught by three of the best “Grandes Écoles” in the field of engineering, offering a guarantee of high quality and individual student support;
- Ah, Paris!
Careers
This degree opens up career opportunities abroad or in France within national or international companies or organizations, or in national, regional, and local government, in the following roles:
- Designing sustainable vehicles and mobility services
- Operating transit infrastructures or services
- Planning, developing, marketing, regulating transit networks
- Auditing or managing sustainable development policy for a company or institution
Openings
This Masters degree trains engineers, managers, and decision-makers in sustainable methods of governance. It opens the way to national or international careers in all sectors where there is a strong interface with transit systems:
- Transportation infrastructure companies and major transportation network operators
- Service firms: urban transit operators, new private mobility operators (Vinci Parc, Bolloré, Google...)
- International organizations: OECD, World Bank, AIE, CE, PNUE...
- National, regional, and municipal government
- Engineering design offices and consultancies specializing in planning and development, urban design, transportation infrastructure management.
- UE/EEA/Switzerland: €4,859
- Non-UE/EEA/ Switzerland: €7,148
- Engineering student from IP Paris schools: €166
Co-accreditation with Université Paris-Est Créteil and Université Gustave Eiffel
Admission
These programs are open to French, European, and international students.
To apply for an M1, you must hold a bachelor's degree (awarded by a French institution), an international bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification (180 ECTS credits).
Applications for M1 programs must be submitted via the Institut Polytechnique de Paris registration platform or the "Mon Master" website.
To apply for an M2, you must have earned 60 ECTS credits in a Master's program or hold a degree corresponding to 240 ECTS credits, or hold a Master's degree.
Applications for M2 programs must be submitted via the Institut Polytechnique de Paris registration platform.
Engineering students from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris schools have the opportunity to enter directly into the second year of a Master's degree program.
Admission calendar
Application on "Mon Master" website:
- Starting in February 2026
Applications via the Institut Polytechnique de Paris registration platform
- Session 1: from 29 Octobre 2025 to 8 January 2026
- Session 2: from 9 January 2026 to 26 March 2026
- Session 3: from 27 March 2026 au 28 May 2026 (some masters are not open during the 3rd session)